The aim of this paper is to present the general characteristics of a new methodology for urban energy planning, detailing the procedures for integrating the constraints of urban morphology, which is the first stage of the methodological application. This approach is innovative and focused on the integration of strategies and solutions in urban morphology and mobility, buildings, energy and environment for the planning of urban development areas, either new or to be reclassified, at the district and neighborhood scales. The results of the application of this methodology in the case of Agua Branca urban operation indicated that the occupied area and the built environment and population densities needed to be harmonized with the free area required for the appropriate sizing of the road section, with respect to both the urban climatology parameters, and the provision of infrastructure and demand for urban mobility. That was a premise for the use of sunlight and solar energy in buildings as well as for having more functional and more energy efficient urban transport system.
Urban planning; Energy efficiency; Urban morphology; Urban mobility; Buildings
